Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — all countries

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Italy

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) in Italy in 2025 — 54.68%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 189. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 34.71 pp.

2025 54.68% +0.35 pp vs 2024
World rank 92of 189
Period maximum 64.3%2022
Period minimum 19.97%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Italy, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 19.97%1962: 20.48%1964: 20.11%1966: 21.7%1968: 22.38%1970: 24.79%1972: 26.05%1974: 35.77%1976: 36.04%1978: 35.65%1980: 37.39%1982: 37.62%1984: 36.39%1986: 30.63%1988: 29.81%1990: 29.75%1992: 27.71%1994: 32.72%1996: 35.03%1998: 36.48%2000: 41.69%2002: 39.12%2004: 39.12%2006: 43.88%2008: 45.69%2010: 43.56%2012: 47.18%2014: 46.21%2016: 46.02%2018: 50.15%2020: 48.58%2022: 64.3%2024: 54.33%2025: 54.68%
Change over the period: +34.71 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy

Italy 54.68%
World 43.89%
Southern Europe computed 57.41%
High-income countries computed 44.15%
Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.68 +0.35 pp
2024 54.33 −2.5 pp
2023 56.83 −7.47 pp
2022 64.3 +10.01 pp
2021 54.29 +5.71 pp
2020 48.58 −1.56 pp
2019 50.14 −0 pp
2018 50.15 +1.4 pp
2017 48.74 +2.72 pp
2016 46.02 −1.01 pp
2015 47.03 +0.82 pp
2014 46.21 −0.13 pp
2013 46.34 −0.85 pp
2012 47.18 +0.28 pp
2011 46.9 +3.34 pp
2010 43.56 +6.36 pp
2009 37.2 −8.49 pp
2008 45.69 +0.18 pp
2007 45.51 +1.63 pp
2006 43.88 +3.24 pp
2005 40.64 +1.52 pp
2004 39.12 +1.41 pp
2003 37.71 −1.42 pp
2002 39.12 −1.89 pp
2001 41.01 −0.67 pp
2000 41.69 +5.34 pp
1999 36.35 −0.13 pp
1998 36.48 +0.29 pp
1997 36.19 +1.16 pp
1996 35.03 −2.32 pp
1995 37.35 +4.63 pp
1994 32.72 +2.99 pp
1993 29.73 +2.02 pp
1992 27.71 −0.49 pp
1991 28.19 −1.56 pp
1990 29.75 −1.79 pp
1989 31.54 +1.73 pp
1988 29.81 −0.2 pp
1987 30.01 −0.61 pp
1986 30.63 −5.65 pp
1985 36.27 −0.12 pp
1984 36.39 +2.01 pp
1983 34.38 −3.24 pp
1982 37.62 −2.06 pp
1981 39.69 +2.3 pp
1980 37.39 −0.66 pp
1979 38.05 +2.39 pp
1978 35.65 −0.52 pp
1977 36.17 +0.14 pp
1976 36.04 +3.83 pp
1975 32.21 −3.56 pp
1974 35.77 +7.33 pp
1973 28.44 +2.39 pp
1972 26.05 +1.18 pp
1971 24.87 +0.07 pp
1970 24.79 +0.83 pp
1969 23.96 +1.58 pp
1968 22.38 +0.42 pp
1967 21.96 +0.26 pp
1966 21.7 +1.09 pp
1965 20.61 +0.5 pp
1964 20.11 −0.95 pp
1963 21.06 +0.58 pp
1962 20.48 +0.32 pp
1961 20.16 +0.19 pp
1960 19.97

About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods as a percent of GDP. It differs from trade openness in that services are not counted here, and the difference between the two indicators is exactly what shows the weight of services in a country's foreign trade. The highest values come not from large exporters but from transshipment economies — Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg — where goods are brought in to be sent out again, and both flows are counted in full.

Important: Goods only. The value can exceed 100% of GDP: exports and imports are counted at the full value of the goods while GDP is counted as value added, so in transshipment economies the values run to several hundred percent.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.